PDF to Text
Pull the plain text out of a PDF as a .txt file. Everything runs in your browser — your file never leaves your device.
robinpdf is free and supported by ads.
Support the projectHow to extract text from a PDF
- Choose a PDF file.
- Press Extract text — a .txt file with the document's text downloads automatically.
What about scanned PDFs?
This tool reads the existing text layer. For a scanned PDF with no selectable text, use PDF to Word, which can run OCR.
Is it private?
Yes. Everything runs inside your web browser, using your own device. Nothing is uploaded to any server, so your documents stay completely private. On top of that, the tool runs in a private frame, served from a separate address (app.robinpdf.com) and kept apart from the ads: your browser does not let the page around it see the file you open there. How does this work without uploading?